Majimaji defence could prove costly

Just before yesterday’s 18th round of matches, Majimaji defence had conceded 31 goals while strikers have scored paltry ten goals in 17 appearances.
The Songea-based top flight side could possibly be in trouble in the last stages of the league should goal aggregates be used to compute relegation candidates.

Though it’s early to point the team’s weaknesses as it deserves the benefit of doubt, the early signs highlight the possible outcome.
Negative goal aggregates of 21 are highly delicate for the cluster of tams that bid premiership survival at his stage. The only option Majimaji have to avoid this prevailing poor aggregates is to score and win their remaining matches.
The difference in points for the six teams from the base of the premiership table is very narrow and could be explosive and dangerous as any of these teams might be dragged and submerged into relegation pool.

The second team with such a poor defence to be highlighted is another newly promoted side, African Sports from Tanga that has a huge negative of 14 goals, seven adrift of Majimaji. Wobbly JKT Ruvu are third placed with double digit number of negative aggregates, eleven.
While Majmaji, African Sports and Ruvu JKT have the poorest of the defences, holders Young Africans are still leading the pack with superior goal aggregates of 29 before they played their match against Ruvu JKT yesterday. Yanga have conceded paltry nine goals, being the only single digit figure of the entire premiership fleet.

Relegation-haunted African Sports is perhaps the weakest side in scoring having managed to score paltry five goals in 17 appearances. It’s the only team with single digit number if goals scored among all the teams in the top flight berth.
Though it’s very early to predict relegation candidates, but about six teams from the bottom of the log have coaches who are spending sleepless nights